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L. J.'CHURCH.

NUTMBGv GRATER. No. 337,378. Patented Mar. 9, 1886.

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L.J. CHURCH.

NUTMBG GRATER.

No. 337,378. Patented Mam. 9, 1886.

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LOUIS J. CHURCH, OF VASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

NUTMEG-GRATER.

GPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 337,378, dated March 9, 1886.

Application led May 20, 1885. Serial No. 166,142. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LoUIs J. CHURCH, of Washington, in the District of Columbia, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Nutmeg-Graters; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention relates to nntmeg-graters, but is applicable for other articles. It is an improvement on the grater shown in Letters Patent of the United States granted on the 25th day of March, 1884, and numbered 295,736.

My object is mainly to simplify the construction; but I have also improved the operation of the apparatus.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure I is a top view with the arms of the handle in their normal position. Fig. 2 represents a perspective View, the disk and handle being removed. Fig. 3 is a plan view showing some of the parts in section and the springarm in the position it assumes when the article to be grated is in place within the cup. Figs. 4 and 5 show, respectively, a vertical and a horizontal section through a modified form of cup.

I use a body forming the cup A and bearing a for the grater-disk, cast in one piece, substantially as shown in my said patent. It is, however, improved in form by providing it with a wall opposite the grater-disk and slotted to admit the arm b, carrying the pressure plate c, that bears against the article to be reduced.

The first part of the invention relates to the construction of the handle and this arm b. The handle and arm carrying the pressure-plate are composed of asingle piece of elastic wire,which by its elasticity renders the spring unnecessary, which was required in connection with the lever shown in my said patent. This wire consists of a loop, B, which forms the handle.

One end of the wire is fixed to the body A.

The other end is bent laterally at right angles near the body A, and extends past the cup, where it is bent again at right angles, and extends forward to the slot d in the wall of the cup. It is again bent to enter this cup, and extends toward the surface of the grater-disk and at right angles thereto. To this end is fixed the pressure-plate c. Manifestly the wire could be carried around instead of bent at right angles. The upper branch, e, of the loop,

which carries the pressure-plate, is made to normally extend to the right of the lower branch,f, at the forward end, asshown in Fig. 1. This construction affords a better and more perfect handle for the operator, for the reason that when the pressure-plate is retracted for the reception of the article to be pulverized the upper arm, e, will then be nearly or quite in the same vertical plane with the lower arm,f.

The preferred shape of the handle is shown in Figs. 2 and 4, in which the upper branch has a longer curve, and the rear of the loop is consequently bent downward.

A button, g, may be placed on the upper branch for the first finger when it is desirable to add to the pressure of the spring. By this construction ot' the handle I provide a cheaper and better article, perfect in operation, and not liable to get out of repair.

I do not limit myself to the precise form of vthe handle nor shape of the wire.

The grater-disk is made as explained in my former patent referred to, or any equivalent disk known or devised for the purpose may be used. This grater-disk (marked I) is provided, also, with supporting-arms m, one ofwhich, extending, forms the handle a, as in my saidpateut. Instead of these arms, I may use another disk for supporting the grater-disk, covering the entire grater-disk, or a large part of it, as shown in Fig. 3, the disk in this case being raised a little above the grater-disk, in order to allow grated material to escape between the two disks when any passes through the holes in the grater-disk.

The bottom of the slot d forms a bearing for the upper branch, e, of the handle, and serves to keep the said branch in its proper position in relation to the branch f, and thus avoid the liability of the two branches coming in contact with each other after long use. This construction also keeps the pressure-plate in a central position.

In Figs. 4 and 5 is shown a modified form of cup, in which the rear slotted wall is omitted and the side walls are carried over, forminga cylindricalshaped cup. In this case the artcle to be grated is inserted through the opening at 2, the pressure-plate being retracted for this purpose. A ledge or plate, 3, is formed to the cup, and affords a bearing for the upper branch, e, of the spring-hand1e, taking the place of the slot d in the construction shown iu Figs. l, 2, and 3.

I claim as my invention- 1. A graterhaving a cup and grating-surface, in combination with a handle, B, formed of two brnnches,-cf. in -one piece, the branch f being secured -to the body of the grater, and

the branch e being free at its end and terniinat` ingin apressnre-p1ate,the parlsbeingarranged and operating substantially as described.

2. A. grater having a cup and grating-surface land a pressureplate for pressing the article to be grated upon saidsurface, combined with a handle formed of a single wire, one branch of which is secured to the body of the grater, and the other ot' which is bent to enter the cup at right angles to the gratingsurface, substantial] y as described.

3. In a grater,and in combination,l agratingsurface, alcnp, a handle having branches ef, a pressure-plate carried on the branch e, and a bearing for said branch e, substantially as described, whereby the pressureplate is kept in proper position within the cup. and the branches are'kept in proper position with relation to each other, su bstantiall y as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this speciiication in the presence of two sub scribing witnesses.

LOUIS J. CHURCH.

Witnesses:

WALTER DONALDSON, v F. L. MrDDLE'roN. 

